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#EndBadGovernance: Army, Police Escort Palliatives Truck Out Of Calabar As Woman Escapes Lynching

By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than three trucks said to be laden with palliatives have been escorted out of Calabar, the Cross River State capital by a combined team of the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Police Force. This comes amidst news report of Governor Bassey Otu visiting the warehouse of the State Emergency Management

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Otu Approves N10bln For Backlog Of Gratuities, To Begin Payment In August

The State also said the delay in payment of gratuities by the current administration was due to an audit which has uncovered over 2,000 ghost pensioners

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N437 Billion 2024 Supplementary Budget Zooms Through Cross River Assembly

Meanwhile, CrossRiverWatch gathered that the public and especially Civil Society Organizations focused on open government principles, budgeting, transparency, and accountability were not carried along in the process fuelling speculations of the intent especially as the indices have not changed which means the deficit has further widened.

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CRSHA Impeachment Saga: What Transpired In Court And Reactions

The Court held that even though the defendants argued that the votes and proceedings of that day shows that only correspondences were taken and motions as well as one of urgent public importance of which broke up the House, The Claimant’s position that the impeachment was the motion that broke up the House remained un-controverted

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BREAKING: Ayambem Was Validly Removed As Speaker, Court Holds

Recall that 17 out of the 25 members of the Assembly had passed a vote of no confidence in Mr. Ayambem in May.

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Why Local Government System In Nigeria Should Not Be Federalized Under Any Guise BY OKOI OBONO-OBLA

any attempt to run a hybrid of unitarianism and federalism will definitely boomerang.

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Former CROSIEC Chair Unleashes Fury In Open Letter To Gov. Otu’s SSG, Demands Apology

Sir, you had no justification in characterizing my team and I in such mediocre and disdainful terms, when you know very well that the decision to conduct elections does not lie with the commission. At best, the commission can only make critical preparations and then wait for funding approvals and matching orders from the chief

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#TDWAJ EPISODE 388 – The Recent Supreme Court Judgment On LG Allocations: Issues And Matters Arising

What is in place to ensure that the narrative of malfeasance that led to the creation of JAAC doesn't emerge anymore?

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